The Monte Xanic Estate
- Monte Xanic is heralded as the first boutique winery in Mexico, established in 1988. The story goes that this move, (and Monte Xanic's subsequent success) played a major role in starting a trend towards grape farmers making wine from their own grapes rather than raising grapes for sale.
- With a large quantity of land under vine in all the major wine growing valleys of the region, they are by far the most prolific of the boutique wineries in the region.
- Their vineyard sites are farmed sustainably, and their winery operates as a model of modern ecofriendly design.
- The estate weds advanced technology with old world wisdom, such as harvesting all their white grapes by hand at night in order to maintain maximum freshness and acidity.
- The "X" in Xanic is pronounced like a "sh", so Xanic sounds like "shan-eek". Xanic is the name of the white flower that is one of the first to bloom in spring in Valle de Guadalupe. When the spring rains are just right, the mountainside behind the winery is cloaked in their blooms.
Total production: 18 wines, 100,000 cases
copy of 2022 Calixa Cabernet Syrah - Monte Xanic
Spring Cleaning!
Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
Rarely seen in the US and just discovered in our warehouse, (yes we appear to have received three cases of this by mistake) is the 100% Syrah from Monte Xanic's Calixa line. Made of a selection of the best Syrah grapes of the vintage, this is a singular expression of what varietal can do in one of Mexico's premium wine growing regions. Once this is gone it's unlikely to return since we don't have any way of getting it!
Drinking window: Upon release - 8 years
Vintage:
2021
Blend:
100% Syrah
Producer:
Monte Xanic
Winemaker:
Oscar Gaona - Mexican, lives in Valle de Guadalupe
Vineyards:
Granite and clay mix
Aging:
Fermented in stainless steel and aged in neutral French oak for 9 months
Framing:
Sustainable
Alcohol:
13.5%
